Crash Carts and Tears

Previously on Emergency

Tony's POV

I heard their voices again. This game was getting old. I wanted so desperately to wake up, but something was holding me back. Just then a vision swam before my eyes. It was Kate.

"Hello, Tony."

Tony's POV

I couldn't believe my eyes; Kate was standing before me, wearing the outfit that she had been when she died.

"Am I dead?" I asked, horror overcoming my face.

"Not yet, but right now your hearts has stopped and Dr. Pitt is trying to bring you back," Kate said.

Ziva's POV

Gibbs and I were just about asleep when it happened. Tony's heart monitor went off, showing a reading of zero. Dr. Pitt and two nurses burst through the door pushing a crash cart as they did. Gibbs pulled me away from Tony's bedside and pulled me out of the room. As hard as I tried, I couldn't stem the tears that were flowing from my eyes. Gibbs pulled me into his arms and held my while I cried, keeping my face in his shoulder so I couldn't look into Tony's room.

Tony's POV

"Why are you doing this to me?" I asked, a little harsher than I had intended.

"I just thought there were some things that you needed to know. First of all, you need to tell Ziva you love her. I've been watching you two and you've been flirting around it far too long. We hid it from each other and look what happened; I died before either of us could act on it. Secondly, I thought that you deserved to know that Ziva killed Ari to save Gibbs. Ari was Ziva's brother. She's carried that burden for two years and only Gibbs's knows. That's how she brought his memory back," Kate said. I just stared at her.

"And you need to scare the living daylights out of everyone in order to tell me that? You couldn't have just come to me in a dream or something?" I asked. Kate shook her head sadly.

"I can only contact the dying and the dead. My job is to push people back when it isn't their time. I'm going to push you back now, but don't forget what I told you. Hold on to it as hard as you can because most people don't remember what happens to them. And, Tony I always loved you," Kate said and then I felt like I was flying backwards.

Gibbs's POV

I held Ziva while she cried; listening to the noises coming from Tony's room, praying to hear the steady beep that meant they had brought him back. Then through the flat line, I heard it, the steady beeping of the heart monitor. Ziva pulled away from me, her face tear streaked. Dr. Pitt came out of the room, pulling off his gloves as he did.

"We brought him back," Dr. Pitt said smiling. "And he's awake."

Ziva's POV

As soon as I heard the words from Dr. Pitt that Tony was awake I pushed away from Gibbs, wiped my eyes on the back of my sleeve ran into Tony's room. Tony was propped up in bed with an oxygen mask covering his face and a glass over water in his hand.

"Hey," he said hoarsely as he moved the oxygen mask aside.

"Hey," I said taking up residence in my chair. "How do you feel?"

"Like I've been run over by a truck," Tony said, laughing weakly. "What happened?"

"You were taking pictures of the crime scene when you lost consciousness. Turns out your pneumonic plague relapsed and you had pneumonia on top of that," I told him as I took his hand into mine. He didn't move his hand, which I took as a good sign. "Look, Tony, I need to talk to you about something," I began, but was interrupted when Abby came running into the room.

"Tony, you're awake," she squealed as she launched herself at Tony. I managed to grab Abby before she landed on the bed.

"Abby," I warned gently.

"Oh, right," Abby said. I let go of her and she leaned over and kissed Tony's cheek and then sat down in Gibbs's chair. McGee came in a few minutes after Abby.

"Hey, Tony," McGee said. "Glad to see you're feeling better."

"Did you miss me, Probie?" Tony asked, a small grin on his face. McGee just rolled his eyes and sat on the arm of Abby's chair. Tony coughed deeply, leaning forward as he did, and then leaned back against the bed. Just then, the nurse came in and switched Tony's mask for a nasal canula. "Hi Emma," Tony said, looking at the nurse.

"Hi, Tony," Emma said smiling.

Through all of Tony's exchanges with everyone else in the room, he still hadn't let go of my hand, in fact, he had tightened his grip if anything. Just then, Gibbs walked into the room.

"Glad to see you're awake, Tony," Gibbs said, looking pointedly at Tony and mine intertwined hands. Neither Tony nor I made a move to untangle our fingers.

"Boss, can I talk to you? Alone?" Tony asked. Gibbs nodded and Tony looked at everyone else in the room, including me, his eyes begging me to forgive him. We took the hint and I followed McGee and Abby out of the room.

Tony's POV

I waited until Ziva, McGee, and Abby left the room to speak.

"Boss, I saw Kate," I said. I watched Gibbs's face for a reaction.

"What?" he said, disbelief clearly shown on his face.

"I saw Kate; she was keeping me in the coma. She told me to tell Ziva that I love her and she told me something else," I said, trailing off.

"What did she tell you?" Gibbs asked me.

"She said that Ziva killed Ari to save you, that Ari was Ziva's brother," I said hesitantly. Gibbs just stared at me.

"How could you possibly know that? Only Ziva and I knew that," Gibbs said.

"I told you that Kate told me," I said.

"I believe you, Tony," Gibbs said.

"Boss, do you think that she loved me?"

A/N: So, I hope you liked it. Apologies if the medical information isn't quite correct. No more new chapters until tomorrow, or possibly Sunday. Please review and tell me what you think!

This chapter is for Cable Addict, my idea tennis partner!

Oh, by the way, it has been confirmed that the first new post strike episode is named Stakeout, with Director Shephard revealing a "deadly, life changing" secret. I can't wait for April 8th!!